Kelso Abbey

E71995

Kelso Abbey is a ruined medieval Tironensian monastery in the Scottish Borders, once one of Scotland’s wealthiest and most influential religious houses.

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Label Occurrences
Kelso Abbey canonical 12
Kelso Abbey ruins 1
Selkirk Abbey 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tironensian monastery
medieval monastery
ruined abbey
scheduled monument
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
category monastery in the Scottish Borders
ruined abbeys and monasteries in Scotland
constructionStart 1128
country Scotland
currentUse heritage site
tourist attraction
dateFounded 1128
dedicatedTo Virgin Mary
surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint John
dissolutionDate 1607
dissolvedDuring Scottish Reformation
economicBase agricultural rents
extensive landed estates
foundedAs Kelso Abbey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Selkirk Abbey
foundedBy David I of Scotland
founder David I of Scotland
governingBody Historic Environment Scotland
heritageDesignation scheduled monument
historicalRegion Roxburghshire
languageOfCommunity Latin
locatedIn Kelso
Tweed Valley
surface form: River Tweed valley

Roxburghshire
Scottish Borders
locatedNear River Teviot
River Tweed
movedFrom Selkirk
nearbySettlement Kelso town centre
notableFeature massive west front
twin western towers (partially surviving)
onceRankedAs one of the wealthiest monasteries in Scotland
openToPublic yes
ownership Crown in right of Scotland
surface form: Crown (on behalf of the Scottish people)
region Borders
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Tironensian Order
relocatedBy David I of Scotland
relocationDate 1128
status ruin
sufferedEvent English raids during the Wars of Scottish Independence
attacks by English forces in the 16th century
damage during the Rough Wooing

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David I of Scotland founded Kelso Abbey
Kelso Abbey foundedAs Kelso Abbey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Selkirk Abbey
Borders contains Kelso Abbey
Kelso hasLandmark Kelso Abbey
Kelso hasRuins Kelso Abbey
Kelso knownFor Kelso Abbey
this entity surface form: Kelso Abbey ruins
Kelso hasReligiousSite Kelso Abbey
Scottish Borders council area containsLandmark Kelso Abbey
subject surface form: Scottish Borders
Tironensian Order hadAbbey Kelso Abbey
Kelso town centre nearby Kelso Abbey